Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist
This role manages the complete accounts payable and payroll cycle for AI-driven companies, processing vendor invoices, employee expenses, and compensation transactions while maintaining accuracy across multi-entity and multi-jurisdictional operations. Unlike pure transactional accounting roles, this position increasingly owns process automation and system optimization, leveraging AI tools and modern platforms to eliminate manual work and strengthen controls as the organization scales. The specialist typically sits within Finance teams at growth-stage AI companies, partnering closely with Procurement, HR, and Treasury to ensure timely payments, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness while serving as the primary support resource for vendors and employees.
Measured across 21 of 21 open postings.
“Serve as the ultimate point of continuous improvement with AI and other methodologies to ensure Scale's payroll processes are best in class.”
“support driving the digitization and automation of our invoicing processes”
“Drive transformation initiatives that cut manual effort, improve cycle times, and strengthen controls, championing continuous improvement through automation, AI, and process redesign”
“Find where AI can remove manual steps — invoice coding, matching, exception triage — and put it to work”
Skills
What companies are looking for in this role.
Process design and improvement
Accounts payable and procure-to-pay
Close and consolidation
Payroll operations and compliance
Data quality and governance
Supplier and vendor management
Benefits and payroll administration
Internal controls and audit readiness
Tax compliance and provision
Enterprise business systems configuration
Equity compensation administration
Compliance program management
SQL query development
AI workflow automation
AI-enabled finance automation
Compliance automation
Detail and documentation rigor
Change management
Technical team leadership and mentoring
Technology
The tools and technologies that define this role.
Open Jobs
21 open Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist jobs across 15 companies.
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